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"APOLOGY" (PLATO).   Term Paper ID:26845 Click to get this paper Essay Subject: Examines Socrates' defense of philosophy & his own work as he faces death for impiety & corrupting youth.... More... 4 Pages / 900 Words 1 sources, 8 Citations, MLA Format $16.00 Return to List of Papers Paper Abstract: Examines Socrates' defense of philosophy & his own work as he faces death for impiety & corrupting youth. Paper Introduction: Socrates was put to death in part because of the charges brought against him, and in part because he refused the offer of friends to whisk him into exile. While he disagreed that he had committed the crimes with which he was charged, he nevertheless saw it as his duty to stay and defend himself and to accept whatever finding the state came to in his case. He felt that to flee the charges and the punishment would be to deny everything he had stood for in his life and his work. He notes that he is charged with being an "evil-doer who . . . makes the worse appear the better cause; and he teaches the aforesaid doctrines to others" (65). It is also charged that he "corrupts the youth; and . . . does not believe in the gods of the state, but has other new divinities of his own" (74). Socrates argues that the charges are false, that they were Text of the Paper: The entire text of the paper is shown below. However, the text is somewhat scrambled. We want to give you as much information as we possibly can about our papers and essays, but we cannot give them away for free. In the text below you will find that while disordered, many of the phrases are essentially intact. From this text you will be able to get a solid sense of the writing style, the concepts addressed, and the sources used in the research paper. that he had committed the crimes withwhich he the charges and the punishment would be to denyeverything appear the better cause and he teaches the aforesaiddoctrines to charges are false that they were brought corrupting theyouth of Athens he believes he should be or corruption or teaching lies for pay or abstract thought and idle gives life and death theirmeaning Socrates asks knows that he knows nothing All Socrates himself ironically refers to the Delphic Oracle concerninghis own Oracle upin order not to what he knows but because he seems to be alonein view was that he wasnot wise to wisdom but no truly wise man I wise and that the Oracle speaking for God meant defends himself his life's work and the is thefollowing I go about the world obedient to show him that he is not wise and by reason of my devotion to the Oracle right when it was declared that no man philosopher who merely investigatescarefully and reasonably whether to the city and people ofAthens He argues city and its people that if you kill and the people keeping them not merely carrying out a social or to keep them rational notto exercise their minds for apparent knowledgefor the purpose of testing that knowledge is CitedPlato Apology In The Trial because he refused the offer whatever finding the state came to in his he is charged with being gods of the state but has other newdivinities for truth or the good of Athens and defenceof philosophy It offers a self-portrait based not from Socrates that philosophy is not merely is not a hobby separate from life a plaything for above that of thecity's when in fact the to know something or everything when in fact person wiser than Socrates The prophetessdeclares that there interpretation of the Oracle will right that there is no wiser man the Oracle wrong Socrates found as he had most foolish and that others less esteemed werereally wisest who like Socrates knows that his clear succinct and effective defense and refutation of to be wise and if he is to any public matter of interest or to any Oracle rather than defying or denying such fear and consternation indicates do precisely what he is doing He is he that you may not sin against the God by condemning given to the state by God Socrates sees himself as forthe purpose of arousing and persuading which drives philosophy as he defines and lives it The held that he was a threat to the the power of the state but the power of hisphilosophy Socrates was put to death in was charged he nevertheless saw it as he had stood for in his life others It is also charged that he corrupts the youth against him by people with treated as a hero Socrates apology for but rather on a vigilantattention to and exposure of shoddy argument but rather apursuit for truth wisdom and the moral how he can be accused of putting himself he has done his whole life is attemptto wisdom A friend of Socrates' went to Delphi and asked flaunt his wisdom but to refute the knowing that he knows nothing His initial interpretation at all and certainly no wiser than others found that the men most that the wisdom of men isworth little or nothing The role of hisdialogue-based philosophical inquiries in a the god and search and make enquiry into my occupation quite absorbs me and I the god In other words Socrates is saying that he waswiser than Socrates Socrates argues that the fact that what people say is true or not ToSocrates it is at one point not for me youwill not easily find a successor to honest exposing their dishonesty self-deception andhypocrisy His job rationalmission given to him by God It is the sake of mental exercise but to help themremember the lifeblood of humanexistence society and wisdom The fact that and Death of Socrates New York Heritage of friends to whiskhim into exile While he disagreed case Hefelt that to flee an evil-doer who makes the worse of his own Socrates argues that the orits citizens Instead of being punished for impiety and on impiety or pride orfalse gods an exercisein logic or theory therich but rather life itself a calling which basis of his philosophy is that he knows nothingand they know nothing as well was no man wiser Socrates brings the reveal thatSocrates is special not for than Socrates and thisinterpretation left Socrates baffled because his own found throughout his life that there were manypretenders wiser and better Socrates concludes that God only is wisdom is in truth worth nothing Socrates the legal social political ethical and religious charges against him not wise then in vindication of the oracle I concern of my own but I am in utter poverty God when he sets outevery day to prove thetrue power of philosophy of a says directly a gift from God me who amhis gift to you He tells the the conscience of the city and reproaching you Socrates however is cityand people of Athens need Socrates he says not youthand to the state In fact his philosophy of questioning to threaten the lies of the state Work part because of the charges broughtagainst him and in part his duty to stay and defendhimself and to accept and his work He notes that and does not believe in the ulterior motives Peoplewho were not interested in the search philosophy is actually a powerful thinking and false wisdom andknowledge We learn life for the individual and forsociety Philosophy and hisknowledge above others of putting his version of reality rationally simply and civilly expose those who claim the Pythianprophetess if there were any charges against him toshow in fact that a correct is that theOracle must be Going out to search for a wiser man to prove inrepute were all but the Oracle means that He is the number of ways but his mostsimple the wisdom of any one who appears have no time to give either is obeying God or thegod or the his humble work caused so manypowerful people and institutions the mission of philosophy to his own sake but for the sake ofAthenians me who am a sort of gadfly as philosopher inquirer questioner is carried out finally a spiritual mission whichdrives him to nurture their souls The charges against Socrates he was charged condemned andput to death shows not that he had committed the crimes withwhich he the charges and the punishment would be to denyeverything appear the better cause and he teaches the aforesaiddoctrines to charges are false that they were brought corrupting theyouth of Athens he believes he should be or corruption or teaching lies for pay or abstract thought and idle gives life and death theirmeaning Socrates asks knows that he knows nothing All Socrates himself ironically refers to the Delphic Oracle concerninghis own Oracle upin order not to what he knows but because he seems to be alonein view was that he wasnot wise to wisdom but no truly wise man I wise and that the Oracle speaking for God meant defends himself his life's work and the is thefollowing I go about the world obedient to show him that he is not wise and by reason of my devotion to the Oracle right when it was declared that no man philosopher who merely investigatescarefully and reasonably whether to the city and people ofAthens He argues city and its people that if you kill and the people keeping them not merely carrying out a social or to keep them rational notto exercise their minds for apparent knowledgefor the purpose of testing that knowledge is CitedPlato Apology In The Trial because he refused the offer whatever finding the state came to in his he is charged with being gods of the state but has other newdivinities for truth or the good of Athens and defenceof philosophy It offers a self-portrait based not from Socrates that philosophy is not merely is not a hobby separate from life a plaything for above that of thecity's when in fact the to know something or everything when in fact person wiser than Socrates The prophetessdeclares that there interpretation of the Oracle will right that there is no wiser man the Oracle wrong Socrates found as he had most foolish and that others less esteemed werereally wisest who like Socrates knows that his clear succinct and effective defense and refutation of to be wise and if he is to any public matter of interest or to any Oracle rather than defying or denying such fear and consternation indicates do precisely what he is doing He is he that you may not sin against the God by condemning given to the state by God Socrates sees himself as forthe purpose of arousing and persuading which drives philosophy as he defines and lives it The held that he was a threat to the the power of the state but the power of hisphilosophy If this paper is not what you are looking for, you can search again: Search for: or Click here to request an essay written just for you.